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In the Works
Performances 2013-14
When: March 2, 2013 @ 7:00PM
Where: Dimenna Center, New York
What: Storm Clouds Absinthe Green
**world premiere**
Where: Dimenna Center, New York
What: Storm Clouds Absinthe Green
**world premiere**
Additional performances are being planned, check back soon for updates!
What People are Saying
"An eclectic blend of melodic and rhythmic elements of Jazz and Rock and Roll with a uniquely contemporary harmonic vocabulary."
- The NY Concert Review
- The NY Concert Review
"Very Fringe, tres Downtown."
- Sequenza 21
"[Belcastro's] music, which fuses elements of rock, jazz, pop, and classical, can seem at once structured and antic, thoughtful and free-wheeling"
- Willa Rohrer, PMP Magazine
"Wow, the mother lode on one page!"
- Janelle McCoy, mezzo-soprano
"[Belcastro] traverses cultures from the classical toward blues harmonies and jazz rhythms."
- Sequenza 21
INTERVIEW
ENSEMBLE 54 - Belcastro, sitar details
"I Dwell in Possibility": Emerging Composers on Composing Interview by Willa Rohrer in PMP Magazine
NEW WORK
When: March 3, 2013 @ 3:00PM
Where: Delaware County Community College
What: Storm Clouds Absinthe Green
Where: Delaware County Community College
What: Storm Clouds Absinthe Green
ENSEMBLE 54 - Belcastro, sitar details
SCOTT DAVIDSON TRIO - Belcastro, sitar details
When: April 7, 2013 @ 3:00PM
Where: Delaware County Community College
What: Improvisation on the Theme from Panther Panchali by Ravi Shankar
Where: Delaware County Community College
What: Improvisation on the Theme from Panther Panchali by Ravi Shankar
NEW WORK
NAKEDEYE details
When: June 2013, Date and Time TBD
Where: TBD, Lancaster, PA
What: New Work (Prog Rock Inspired Songs)
**world premiere**
Where: TBD, Lancaster, PA
What: New Work (Prog Rock Inspired Songs)
**world premiere**
THE STOCKHOLM SAXOPHONE QUARTET
When: March 2013 Date and Time TBD
Where: Stockholm, Sweden - Details TBD
What: New Work for Sax Quartet and Children
Where: Stockholm, Sweden - Details TBD
What: New Work for Sax Quartet and Children
When: Dec. 1, 2013 @ 3:00PM
Where: Delaware County Community College
What: Smoke N' Wid
Where: Delaware County Community College
What: Smoke N' Wid
NAKEDEYE details
When: Spring 2014 - Date TBD @ 3:00PM
Where: Delaware County Community College
What: New Work for Baroque Ensemble and Sitar
Where: Delaware County Community College
What: New Work for Baroque Ensemble and Sitar
MELOMANIE - Belcastro, sitar details
TEXTBOOK & NEW WORKS
There is a lot of exciting news to come on this topic. A one of a kind book exploring the sitar and surbahar in terms of western notation and the tremendous potential for their uses in non-indian classical contexts. The text also serves as a bridge between Western and Indian musical languages and traditions with the goal of developing a more thorough understanding between them. Included in the text is a large collection of studies for the sitar exploring every facet of the instrument, the collection is titled "Tattered Ragas". More details coming in the Summer of 2013.